Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06
THE TOWN or WATERLOO r. R. BONDS.

CIRCUIT COURT, Jefferson Caunty-EILA
F.. WATERMAN, as admlnIstra trix, de
bonus non, OF estate OF Chas. Howard,
deceased, plaintiff, VS.. The Town OF
WATERLOO, defendant.
This suit came on at Jefferson March
"a to be tried in the circuit court. But
Messrs. Finches, Lynde & Miller, the
plaintiffs attorneys, having to leave be-
fore the trial could be finished, it was COM
pleted at GAINESVILLE Tuesday of last week.
Plaintiff sued on judgment rendered in
the United Srates court Sept. H. 1866, for
over $4,000 principal and interest, and
on bonds and interest warrants or coupons
for aboui 1000 more, or about $50, 900
in all. The defense made by Messrs.
Hall & Skinner, the attorneys for the
town, was that all these demands were
outlawed and barred by the statutes of
limitation; and the court at the close of
the trial decided the whole case and gave
final judgment in favor of defendant, the
town of Waterloo.
An amusing thing in this famous rail
road bond suit was the ruse of plaintiff to
get service on the town. The summons
had to be served on the town clerk. It
was not known to plaintiffs attorneys
who he was. They sent out Mr.. Paschen,
the sheriff of Milwaukee county, with
another officer, to serve the summons on
w D. Stiles, chairman of the town board
of supervisors, and upon the town clerk,
if they could find ont who he was. These
officers made up their minds that the
town clerk must have the assessment roll,
and that the problem was to find out who
had it, and that then they would make
the service on him To this end they
started the fiction that they had war
rant fer the arrest of young man who
haj betrayed girl in Milwaukee, and
that he was wanted there in bastardy
proceedings to compel him to support
their lille ultimate offspring. Going to the
person who they thought had the assess-
ment roll, they told him this story, and
also said that il they could only see the
assessment roll they were sure they could
locate and arrest their man, for it was
certain that the gay deceiver's name was
it. The assessment roll was then pro-
duced and their point was gained. The
service was at once made in said suit
against the town of Waterloo, by deliver
ing to this person. copy of the summons.
These guileless Milwaukee officers, then,
all forgetful of the poor girl, hastened
back home, and had published in Tie
Milwaukee Sentinel glowing account of
their triumphant success Ia getting SER
vice on the town, and how beautifully
they had taken in the town officers by |
this heroine of their bastardy fiction, and |
loudly proclaimed that Waterloo would /,
now have to pay her whole railroad bond |
debt.
In view of the final decision now by |
the court of the whole case against the !
plaintiff, she probably does not so much |
admire the role played by the bastardy
girl as she did, for in place of her ex-
pected judgment of $4,000 against the
town, the town has judgement against her !
that all her demands sued on are outlawed |
and that she must pay the costa of the
suit
Il hereby express my thanks to my
friends for the hearty support ] received
Yesterday for assessor.